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Portobello Hill

Jamaica | St James

Estate Details

Associated People (3)

The dates listed below have different categories as denoted by the letters in the brackets following each date. Here is a key to explain those letter codes:

  • SD - Association Start Date
  • SY - Association Start Year
  • EA - Earliest Known Association
  • ED - Association End Date
  • EY - Association End Year
  • LA - Latest Known Association
1817 [EA] - 1829 [LA] → Executrix
Margaret Lawson
1817 [EA] - 1829 [LA] → Previous owner
George Lawson
1817 [EA] - 1820 [LA] → Executrix
Mary McFarquhar Lawson

Associated Claims (1)

Jamaica St James 321
£92 18S 9D

Notes

This estate appears to be linked by family ownership to the similarly named Porto Bello estate, also in St James

Estate Information (23)

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1809
[Number of enslaved people] 30(Tot)  
[Name] Elysium  
[Stock] 18  
 

Registered to George M. Lawson.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1811) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/AL11James.htm. The 1811 almanac was based on the givings-in of the March Quarter for 1809, hence the earlier evolution date.
1809
[Number of enslaved people] 50(Tot)  
[Name] Porto Bello Hill  
[Stock] 3  
 

Registered to George Lawson.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1811) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/AL11James.htm. The 1811 almanac was based on the givings-in of the March Quarter for 1809, hence the earlier evolution date.
1811
[Number of enslaved people] 32(Tot)  
[Name] Porto Bello hill  
[Stock] 1  
 

Registered to George Lawson.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1812) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/a1812co2.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1815
[Number of enslaved people] 21(Tot)  
[Name] Porto-Bello Hill  
 

Registered to George Lawson.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1816) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/AL15jame.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1817
[Number of enslaved people] 18(Tot)  
[Name] Porto Bello Hill  
 

Registered to the heirs of George Lawson.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1818) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/1818al16.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1817
[Number of enslaved people] 18(Tot) 13(F) 5(M)  
[Name] [no name given]  
 

In the possession of Margaret and Mary Lawson as executors to estate of George Lawson deceased.

 
T71/204 128
1819
[Number of enslaved people] 16(Tot)  
[Name] [no name given]  
 

Registered to the heirs of George Lawson.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1820) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/Al20p16.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1820
[Number of enslaved people] 17(Tot)  
[Name] [no name given]  
 

Registered to George Lawson deceased.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1821) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/al1821_12.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1820
[Number of enslaved people] 17(Tot)  
[Name] [no name given]  
 

In the possession of Margaret Lawson and Mary McFarquhar Lawson as Executors to the Estate of George Lawson, decd.

 
T71/205 278
1821
[Number of enslaved people] 13(Tot)  
[Name] [no name given]  
 

Registered to the estate of George Lawson.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1822) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/Al22p16.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1821
[Number of enslaved people] 13(Tot)  
[Name] [no name given]  
 

Registered to the estate of George Lawson.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1822) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/Al22p16.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1823
[Number of enslaved people] 11(Tot)  
[Name] [no name given]  
 

Registered to the estate of George Lawson.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1824) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/AL24jame.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1823
[Number of enslaved people] 16(Tot)  
[Name] [no name given]  
 

In the possession of Margaret Lawson as Executrix to Estate of George Lawson decd.

 
T71/209 98
1825
[Number of enslaved people] 10(Tot)  
[Name] [no name given]  
 

Registered to the estate of George Lawson.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1826) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/1826al19.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1826
[Number of enslaved people] 10(Tot)  
[Name] [no name given]  
 

Registered to the estate of George Lawson.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1827) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/a1827al11.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1826
[Number of enslaved people] 14(Tot)  
[Name] [no name given]  
 

In the possession of Margaret Lawson as Executrix to Estate of George Lawson Esq decd.

 
T71/213 95
1827
[Number of enslaved people] 10(Tot)  
[Name] [no name given]  
 

Registered to the estate of George Lawson.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1828) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/1828al18.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1828
[Number of enslaved people] 8(Tot)  
[Name] [no name given]  
 

Registered to the estate of George Lawson.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1829) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/al29jame.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1829
[Number of enslaved people] 13(Tot)  
[Name] [no name given]  
 

In the possession of Margaret Lawson as Executrix to Estate of Geo Lawson Esq decd.

 
T71/219 [unpaginated]
1830
[Number of enslaved people] 8(Tot)  
[Name] Porto Bello Hill  
 

Registered to the estate of George Lawson.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1831) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/1831jame.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1831
[Number of enslaved people] 16(Tot)  
[Name] Porto Bello Hill  
 

Registered to the estate of George Lawson (assessed).

 
Jamaica Almanac (1832) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/al32jame.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1832
[Name] Porto-Bello Hill  
[Size] 16  
 

Registered to the estate of George Lawson.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1833) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/AL33James.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1839
[Name] Porto-Bello Hill  
[Size] 245  
 

Registered to Margaret Lawson.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1840) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Samples/AL40James.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.